1. West Liberty Foods Journey To Become “Landfill Free” West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.

2. West Liberty Foods is a co-manufacturer of food products West Liberty Foods is a co-manufacturer and provides food products to many well known food service and retail vendors both domestically and internationally. Our Mission Our mission is to be a leading food manufacturer by converting needs, ideas, and expertise into value for our members, business partners, and consumers. West Liberty Foods

3. Drivers: Internal – West Liberty Foods long term environmental commitment External – Desire of major customer to have a greener supply chain Challenges: Identification of and Mapping of all waste streams Identification of alternate methods & streams Facility & Logistics constraints Legal Long term cost neutral to cost positive Culture change across 1800+ associates Transparency & Confirmation of success The Journey

4. Transparency Not only are you saying you are “Landfill Free” but you are also proving you are. Your facility is provided with a report and Certificate that you conform to 16 CFR 260 and ANSI/ISO 14021 Environmental Labeling and Declarations. The audit also takes into account that your facility is conformance with all environmental permits and requirements. Third Party Audit - Benefits

5. Step one was to identify our waste streams at the facilities. Each waste stream was categorized with a vendor who was either recycling or using the waste for energy. Each vendor was required to send a certification that nothing West Liberty Foods was sending to them was entering a landfill. Internal Audit

6. West Liberty Foods partnered with NSF International to verify our Landfill Free Status: NSF is the public health and safety company headquartered in Ann Arbor MI. NSF is one of the largest North American based certification bodies offering landfill-free verification, quality and environmental audits and certification, supply chain audits, retail audits, and is the largest certifier globally of GFSI standards. NSF certifies management systems to environmental standards, quality standards, landfill-free verifications and claims, and food equipment and non food compounds. “Landfill Free” is determined to be less than or equal to 1%. Verify Claim

7. External Audit A spreadsheet was developed to track all waste streams, transportation methods and vendors Vendors Weights (tonnage) Permits (transportation and recycling process) The auditor tours the facility to ensure all waste streams have been accounted for on the spreadsheet. Verify all records for accuracy and certifications from all vendors that waste is not entering a landfill. Plant personnel interviews to determine their understanding of responsibility with landfill free.

8. Results Less than 1% of West Liberty Foods waste ends up in a local landfill. The Tremonton, Utah facility was able to recycle 45% of the waste and the remaining 55% is going to a local incinerator. The incinerator uses the waste to create steam that they send to the local Air Force Base who utilizes the steam for boilers instead of burning natural gas. The ash created from this process is utilized to cover the landfill in lieu of using lime. The Mount Pleasant, Iowa facility sends some of their waste to a local cement kiln. The kiln burns the waste in place of burning coal. The ash created from the process is used as filler for the concrete they generate.

9. The Tremonton facility has diverted approximately 3.8 million lbs of waste per year from going to the local landfill. Landfill Free Stats Utah

10. Landfill Stats Iowa The Mount Pleasant facility has diverted approximately 2 million lbs of waste per year from going to the local landfill.

11. Next Steps Implement landfill free process at our last facility – scheduled for Nov/Dec, 2012. Increase the amount of waste products being recycled versus burned for energy Work with our vendors to reduce packaging and other non-essential components on all of our inbound materials & supplies Continuous improvement of our processes to reduce waste

12. Contact Information Michele Boney, Environmental Compliance Officer Michele.Boney@wlfoods.com 319.627.6144 www.wlfoods.com | 888.511.4500 Questions?